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space technologied adj. Drunk to the extent of applying elaborate engineering to the simple problem of getting home. space tourismed adj. Drunk on the strength of treating the journey between pubs as recreational travel. space touristed adj. Drunk since last orders, and viewing the taxi rank as an attraction rather than a destination. space travelled adj. Loosened by drink into covering considerable distance while remaining, to companions, at the same table. space vehicled adj. Still drunk, and treating any available conveyance as a spacecraft prepared for immediate departure. space velocitied adj. Too drunk to keep the evening's speed relative to anything except the nearest fixed object. space vesselled adj. Emboldened by drink to regard any waiting vehicle as a crewed craft requiring an orderly launch. space walked adj. Sharpened by drink into believing the pavement is open vacuum and the kerb requires specialised equipment. space waved adj. Having drunk enough to send a direct, unreflected signal for a taxi across the road. Arit was space waved and raised one hand at every passing vehicle after last orders. space weaponned adj. Having drunk more than enough to make the journey home a trajectory with an uncertain target. space weathered adj. You have drunk enough to attribute missed connections, damp coats and poor navigation to solar activity. space worked adj. You are drunk and handling imaginary obstacles between the bar and the actual exit. space writered adj. Of a drinker: paid by the column inch, and therefore extending the walk home to fill the available space. space-cadet keyboarded adj. Describing a drinker who requires several simultaneous actions to open a door, find keys and leave. Elizabethann was space-cadet keyboarded, using both hands and a shoulder to operate the taxi door. space-filling curved adj. A drinker who takes a route containing the entire neighbourhood before reaching the front door. space-filling modelled adj. The state of being drunk and assembled for departure as a complete three-dimensional arrangement of coats, bags and limbs.